b'ASSOCIATION DES COLLGES ETUNIVERSITS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE CANADIENNEOVERVIEWMany students study French during their younger years of school, but what happens with their languagelearning after they graduate? To aid in the Government of Canadas action plan for official languages, the Association des collges etuniversits de la francophonie canadienne (ACUFC) received approval from the federal government to launch a bursary program in 2019. The Canadian School Boards Association has been partnering with ACUFC to promote the $12 million offered by ACUFC (over four years) to help young English-speaking Canadians to continue with their French skills while enrolled in their first year of college or university. One of the first recipients in 2020-21, Francesco Balassone, said, Studying in French is the perfect opportunity to solidify and keep your knowledge from elementary to high school. Having a great grasp of the Frenchlanguage is perfect for getting more jobs not only in Canadabut also in Europe, seeing as its one of theofficial languages of the UN, and is spoken by many hundreds of millions of people worldwide.More information is available at acufc.ca/fslbursaries.30'